The twilight language explores hidden meanings and synchromystic connections via onomatology (study of names) and toponymy (study of place names). This blog further investigates "name games" and "number coincidences" found in news and history. Examinations are also found in my book The Copycat Effect (NY: Simon and Schuster, 2004).

Wednesday, May 08, 2013

Charles Ramsey Name Game

There is an interesting history to the name Charles ("free man") + Ramsey. Ramsey has origins in English for "garlic island"; in Scottish, it is from the name Hræm's Island, which is from the Old English elements hræm(n) (raven) and ég, íg (island); from Ram's Island, which is from the Old English ramm (a ram) and ég, íg (island); or from Ramm's Island, which derives its name from the Old Norse elements rammr (strong) and ey (island).

Ramesses II was regarded as the greatest, most celebrated, and most powerful pharaoh of the Egyptian Empire. Baron de Ramsey, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom, was created in 1887. Ramsey, Isle of Man, is the third-largest town on the island. Ramsey Island is located off the coast of the St David's peninsula in Pembrokeshire, Wales. Various towns are named Ramsey, including a village in Fayette County, Illinois.

Because Cleveland's Charles Ramsey was eating a Big Mac before his rescue of Amanda Berry, a major corporation has found a name and a hero they like too.

But as Judas Disney points out to me, we have met a Philadelphia "Charles Ramsey" before - and his name was linked to Aurora and The Dark Knight Rises:

8 comments:

Curious, the two Charles Ramseys. The name Ramsey does sound like an English name, and you've given some place names in the UK, including the name Baron de Ramsey. Now I am wondering why you included the snippet from the William Blake poem at the end of your previous article...

The fields of Islington and Marybone.To Primrose Hill and Saint John's Wood.Were builded over with pillars of gold.And there Jerusalem's pillars stood."~ William Blake, Chapter II, Jerusalem in 1804-1818.

The Charles H. Ramsey noted above as the Commissioner of the Philadelphia Police Department formerly served as the Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia from 1998-2006. In 2002 he oversaw the investigation when the remains of Chandra Levy were found, which resulted in the scandal around Rep. Gary Condit [NB: Ingmar Grandique was convicted in 2011 for the murder and sentenced to 60 years]. Commissioner Ramsey is also remembered for his "heavy-handed" response to the dissent surrounding the IMF/World Bank meeting in September, 2002.

For those in the DC Metro area, his is a familiar face; seen almost nightly in the viewing area during that era.

Yes, Chief Charles Ramsey was involved in the Beltway Sniper man hunt too, for a "white van with white people" in it. With tarot cards, misdirection, and seemingly an underlying pattern to the shootings, that was an event filled with twilight language.

Cleveland's English synchromystic counterpart might be the Duchy of Cleves, of which the most famous resident was Anne of Cleves. Anne had been betrothed to the Duke of Lorraine (syncs with Lorain Avenue) at the age of twelve, which did not work out. She later married Henry VIII (which also did not work out) and became Queen for a very short time.

Being synchromystically directed toward a queen seems interesting, considering the dramatic story in Cleveland has some other chess piece resonators. Before disappearing, Amanda Berry was last known to be at a Burger King, and one of her fellow captives is named Michelle Knight. Also, earlier today, Cleveland's Bishop Richard Lennon (a member of the Knights of Malta and the Knights of the Holy Sepulchre) spoke out about the incident. (http://fox8.com/2013/05/08/bishop-lennon-rejoices-missing-womens-rescuecovery/)

Rearranging the letters in "Charles Ramsey" hints at what we have here: "Real chess army."

There was controversy about an episode of the cartoon Family Guy possibly predicting the Boston tragedy. Now we have this guy Charles Ramsey in Cleveland. Cleveland Brown is a character from Family Guy and its spin-off series The Cleveland Show.

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Investigator of human and animal mysteries since 1960. Swamp Thing character "Coleman Wadsworth" in #4:7 and more in #4:8, is a tribute.
Author of over 35 books, including The Unidentified (1975), Mysterious America (1983/2007), Suicide Clusters (1987), Cryptozoology A to Z (1999), Bigfoot! (2003), The Copycat Effect (2004), and field guides.
Educated in anthropology-zoology at SIU-Carbondale, and psychiatric social work at Simmons College School of Social Work. Began doctoral work in anthropology (Brandeis University) and family violence (UNH). Taught at NE universities (1980 to 2003), while concurrently a senior researcher at the Muskie School (1983 to 1996), before retiring to write, lecture, consult, & open museum. Popular documentary course was taught for 23 semesters; appeared on C2C, The Larry King Show, MonsterQuest, Lost Tapes, In Search Of, and other tv programs.
Loren Coleman is a dedicated father (Caleb, Malcolm, Des), cryptozoologist, media consultant, and baseball fan.